Category: Religion

Kwara government shuts 10 missions’ schools for disallowing hijab

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Kwara State government, yesterday ordered indefinite closure of 10 public/grant-aided missions schools in Ilorin, the state capital over hijab controversy. In a statement announcing the schools closure ,Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Mrs Kemi Adeosun said in a statement titled “Hijab: 10 Kwara schools to remain shut for safety reasons.” “The Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development wishes to inform members of the public that the 10 government schools where the use of Hijab is disputed will remain shut until a later date. This decision has been taken for…

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Sheikh Gumi says government knows the hideouts of killer-herdsmen, bandits

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Islamic cleric who is also negotiating peace with bandits, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, alleged that the Federal Government knows the hiding place of the herdsmen and bandits involved in clashes with farmers, kidnappings and other criminal activities. Sheikh Gumi said on Channels Television programme, “Politics Today” that the government is playing safe because it realised that the former approach of attacking the bandits frontally was not working. The Islamic cleric said this on Monday during an interview, when asked why he can locate and hold dialogue with the bandits, while government…

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Jehovah’s Witnesses homes raided by Russian police

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Several homes belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses numbering up to 20, were raided by security operatives in Moscow on Wednesday, in an ongoing crackdown on the US-based religious movement. Moscow outlawed the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017, labelling it an extremist organisation and has since sentenced several members to lengthy jail terms. The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said on Wednesday several “organisers and members” had been detained. Prosecutors, the FSB security services and the national guard carried out searches at 16 addresses, the committee said. Investigators said the Jehovah’s Witnesses…

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Genesis pastor, Dele Ogundipe’s post-conviction bail application rejected

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‌ The Senior Shepherd-in-Charge of the Celestial Church of Christ, Genesis Global, Prophet Israel Ogundipe’s post-conviction bail application was rejected yesterday (Tuesday) December 15, by the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. Justice Olabisi Akinlade had on November 18 sentenced the popular prophet to one-year imprisonment for converting a woman’s property to his personal use and stealing. It will be recalled that the court found Ogundipe guilty of stealing and unlawful conversion of the property of a London-based architect, Mrs Oladele Williams-Oni. Ogundipe, who was arraigned on seven counts bordering…

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My husband is a pastor, yet he sleeps with church members, wife tells court

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A married woman, 49-year-old evangelist, Mrs. Chinwe Ekwe told an Igando Customary Court on Monday in Lagos that her husband is a womaniser. Chinwe spoke while responding to a divorce suit filed by her husband, Pastor Paul Ekwe, who had accused her of planning to kill him. “My husband is a womaniser, he sleeps with church members. “I care for him both physical and spiritual but he still chose to be flirting around with different women. “He even brought a married woman home as wife and chased me out of…

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Horror! Boko Haram members slaughter 43 farmers in Maiduguri

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Boko Haram fighters has yet again killed about 43 farmers and injured six others working in rice fields near the capital city of Maiduguri on Saturday. The Boko Haram fighters tied up the farmers in a village of Koshobe and slit their throats, the militia said. “We have recovered 43 dead bodies, all of them slaughtered, along with six others with serious injuries,” said the militia leader Babakura Kolo, who helped the survivors. “It is no doubt the handiwork of Boko Haram who operate in the area and frequently attack…

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I can never be arrested, Shekau boasts in latest video

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The leader of Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad also known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, in his latest video, has again taunted the Nigerian military, that he cannot be arrested because he is doing the work of God. The Nigerian Army had on November 11, 2020 kicked off a fresh manhunt for Shekau and other top commanders of the sect. In his new video, Shekau said nobody can arrest him because he was doing the work of God who will protect him. “Nobody can apprehend me, because I’m doing God’s…

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Boko Haram releases abducted pastor, Rev. Zango

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Rev. Polycarp Zango, a pastor with the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Jos, Plateau State, abducted by the terrorist group on October 19, while on a journey to a Ministers’ conference in Gombe has been released by Boko Haram; the deadly sect that abducted him. Recall that a viral video had earlier shown the COCIN pastor in their custody, but he was released from captivity yesterday. The Vice-Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (Northern region), Rev. John Hayab, said Zango regained his freedom on Friday night. Details of how…

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Sex And Eating Are ‘Divine’ Pleasures From God – Pope Francis

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Eating a well cooked meal as well as having sex has been described as “simply divine” pleasures from God by Pope Francis. Pope Francis, who is the religious head of over 1.3 billion Catholic around the world, spoke with Italian writer Carlo Petrini, who has compiled several conversations with the pope for a new book. “Pleasure arrives directly from God, it is neither Catholic, nor Christian, nor anything else, it is simply divine,” Francis told Petrini in the book, “TerraFutura: Conversations With Pope Francis on Integral Ecology,” which was published…

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